[LA.pm] -l returns false on broken symlinks
Ofer Nave
ofer at netapt.com
Thu Feb 17 13:50:09 PST 2005
I was incorrect. There was a mistake in my test case. -l does, in fact,
return true on a broken symlink.
How embarassing...
-ofer
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Ofer Nave wrote:
>
> I've just discovered that the -l test operator returns false on broken
> symlinks. This, of course, makes perfect sense, since in the context of
> symlinks it is known that the operator's tests apply to the symlinks
> target, and with regards to a broken symlink, the target clearly doesn't
> exist. :)
>
> However, this brings up the question: If you want to determine whether or
> not the symlink exists, how do you? Prerably without ugliness like system
> calls and parsing text output.
>
> -ofer
>
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